• Ms. BLESSY VINCENT
• DR. ARCHANA JOSE

Violence against women, especially rapes, has been a pervasive problem in the society. It is well documented that victims of rape not only experience serious short and long-term psychological harm as a direct result of the assault, but may also be stigmatized by others (e.g., be blamed for nor resting). Because of the increased incidents of rapes in the recent past, it becomes increasingly necessary to understand the attitude people form towards rape and rape victims. Thus present study research endeavor was aimed to study sexism and attitude towards rape victims among college students. The sample of the study consisted of 60 post graduate students (N=30 males, N=30 females) from Kottayam district, Kerala. Ambivalent Sexism Inventory and the Attitude towards Rape Victims Scale Questionnaires were used for collection of data. Pearson’s correlation and t-test were used for the analysis of data. The resulted indicated that there is significant difference in hostile sexism on male and female post graduate students. The result also revealed that there is significant difference between male and females in benevolent sexism. The result further revealed that there is no relation between hostile sexism and attitude towards rape victims.

Sexism , Sexual violence , Rape Myths, Attitude towards rape victims

"Sexism and Attitude towards Rape victims among College Students", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no.e319-e327, August-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108523.pdf

"Sexism and Attitude towards Rape victims among College Students", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no. ppe319-e327, August-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108523.pdf